Chapter 19:
“One Friday night in the ‘Tabernacle of the Thrid Coming’, a man near Tod stood up to speak. Although his name most likely was Thompson or Johnson and his home town Sioux City, he had the same countersunk eyes, like the heads of burnished spikes, that a monk by Magnasco might have.” "The Tame Magpie"
A Friar Tempted by Demons, 1660-65
#1 and #3 are both Francisco Goya and both grotesque
#2 Harlequin image.......The clipping from the Times clalled the piece "Bedraggled Harlequin"
#4 This is how I picture Claude's house
"He had lately begun to think not only of Goya and Daumier but also of certain Italian artists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of Salvator Rosa, Francesco Guardi and Monsu Desiderio, the painters of Decay and Mystery" (132).
Francisco Goya
Salvator Rosa
Francesco Guardi
Monsu Desiderio
Winslow Homer
"They wanted to talk about certain lively matters of universa interest, but she insisted on discussing Gertrude Stein and Juan Gris," (73).
Figure of a Woman - Juan Gris
Front of a Window - Juan Gris
Figure of a Woman and Front of a Window by Juan Gris
The Third Class Carriage by Honore Daumier
Crispin and Scapinby Honore Daumier
Image of Sappho, Daumier, 1842
Two Sculptors by Honore Daumier
Engraved 1801, Thomas Ryder
Thomas Ryder
Though he doesn't name any particular medieval artist, artists of the Middle Ages are mentioned on page 107.
The style is related to Faye's stories in that whenever an artist would deal with a miraculous topic, such as the
raising of Lazarus from the dead, he/she would keep the details realistic. I've posted two paintings below from the Middle
Ages that depict Lazarus's raising.
"From the moment he had seen them, he had known that,despite his race, training and heritage, neither Winslow Homer nor Thomas Ryder could be his masters and he turned to Goya and Daumier (2). " Winslow Homer painting
Thomas Ryder painting
Goya painting
Daumier Painting
"For all his size and shape, he looked neither strong nor fertile. He was like one of Picasso's great sterile athletes, who brood hopelessly on pink sand, staring at veined marble waves" (83).
Winslow Homer
Reminds me of the previous picture of the Ass playing the piano and reading his musical assnotes. This picture carries a different tone however, more of a heavy lies the crown/loss of innocence tone.
Chapt. 14. Faye, Earle, Tod, looking at miguel's fighting cocks.
Francisco Goya The Colossus
Fire of Babylon, Artist Unknown
This picture is representative of the painting Todd repeatedly talks about creating called 'The Burning of Los Angeles'. The way Los Angeles is talked about and described in the novel, it made me think of the ancient city of Babylon. Babylon was regarded as a cultural mecca, the meeting place of all races, creeds, colors, denominations, etc. It's also where all the money was made, and where people went to become famous, hence it reminding me of Los Angeles and Hollywood.
TheBurning of the House of Parliament by J.M.W. Turner (1834)
I would have to agree with the person above me. I thought Todd's repeating of his painting "The Burning of Los Angeles" and thought that it would be something that would kind of look like this. The fire would be central to his painting and he would want to make that clear. Having little to no people in the painting can sever the emotional tie of Los Angeles, because people go there to die and once you die you're kind of forgotten.
"Le Reve" Pablo Picasso
This is a Picasso piece titled "Le Reve" (The Dream). The model for this painting was Marie-Therese Walter, Picasso's longtime mistress and mother to his daughter, Maya. I chose this because it made me think of Faye, and her life in the novel. Marie-Therese, like Faye, was only 17 years old when she became involved with Picasso. She lived in the shadow of his wife, and later was left by Picasso, alone with their daughter. With the life that Faye leads, it doesn't seem likely that she'll ever become more than someone's flavor of the moment unless she's able to rise above it all.
Walt Disney and Salvador Dali
Dali's and Goya have similarly 'grotesque' styles.
Here is a painting by Goya that nicely represents the novel. The characters in the novel represent hungry locusts in the biblical sense. They swarm, they stare, and they feed off of others, without serving much purpose other than reproducing. They add nothing to society, and instead, seem to actually feed off of the contributions that others make. I thought that this painting was interesting because the figures in it do not seem to be aware that they are grotesques, they are dancing around without a thought in their minds, much like some of the characters described in West's novel.
Alessandro Magnasco (1667-1749)
Chapter 19:“One Friday night in the ‘Tabernacle of the Thrid Coming’, a man near Tod stood up to speak. Although his name most likely was Thompson or Johnson and his home town Sioux City, he had the same countersunk eyes, like the heads of burnished spikes, that a monk by Magnasco might have.”
"The Tame Magpie"
A Friar Tempted by Demons, 1660-65#1 and #3 are both Francisco Goya and both grotesque
#2 Harlequin image.......The clipping from the Times clalled the piece "Bedraggled Harlequin"
#4 This is how I picture Claude's house
"He had lately begun to think not only of Goya and Daumier but also of certain Italian artists of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of Salvator Rosa, Francesco Guardi and Monsu Desiderio, the painters of Decay and Mystery" (132).
Francisco Goya
Salvator Rosa
Francesco Guardi
Monsu Desiderio
Winslow Homer
"They wanted to talk about certain lively matters of universa interest, but she insisted on discussing Gertrude Stein and Juan Gris," (73).
Figure of a Woman and Front of a Window by Juan Gris
The Third Class Carriage by Honore Daumier
Crispin and Scapin by Honore Daumier
Image of Sappho, Daumier, 1842
Two Sculptors by Honore Daumier
Thomas Ryder
Though he doesn't name any particular medieval artist, artists of the Middle Ages are mentioned on page 107.
The style is related to Faye's stories in that whenever an artist would deal with a miraculous topic, such as the
raising of Lazarus from the dead, he/she would keep the details realistic. I've posted two paintings below from the Middle
Ages that depict Lazarus's raising.
"From the moment he had seen them, he had known that,despite his race, training and heritage, neither Winslow Homer nor Thomas Ryder could be his masters and he turned to Goya and Daumier (2). "
"For all his size and shape, he looked neither strong nor fertile. He was like one of Picasso's great sterile athletes, who brood hopelessly on pink sand, staring at veined marble waves" (83).
Winslow Homer
Reminds me of the previous picture of the Ass playing the piano and reading his musical assnotes. This picture carries a different tone however, more of a heavy lies the crown/loss of innocence tone.
Chapt. 14. Faye, Earle, Tod, looking at miguel's fighting cocks.
Francisco Goya The Colossus
Fire of Babylon, Artist Unknown
This picture is representative of the painting Todd repeatedly talks about creating called 'The Burning of Los Angeles'. The way Los Angeles is talked about and described in the novel, it made me think of the ancient city of Babylon. Babylon was regarded as a cultural mecca, the meeting place of all races, creeds, colors, denominations, etc. It's also where all the money was made, and where people went to become famous, hence it reminding me of Los Angeles and Hollywood.
The Burning of the House of Parliament by J.M.W. Turner (1834)
I would have to agree with the person above me. I thought Todd's repeating of his painting "The Burning of Los Angeles" and thought that it would be something that would kind of look like this. The fire would be central to his painting and he would want to make that clear. Having little to no people in the painting can sever the emotional tie of Los Angeles, because people go there to die and once you die you're kind of forgotten.
"Le Reve" Pablo Picasso
This is a Picasso piece titled "Le Reve" (The Dream). The model for this painting was Marie-Therese Walter, Picasso's longtime mistress and mother to his daughter, Maya. I chose this because it made me think of Faye, and her life in the novel. Marie-Therese, like Faye, was only 17 years old when she became involved with Picasso. She lived in the shadow of his wife, and later was left by Picasso, alone with their daughter. With the life that Faye leads, it doesn't seem likely that she'll ever become more than someone's flavor of the moment unless she's able to rise above it all.
Walt Disney and Salvador Dali
Dali's and Goya have similarly 'grotesque' styles.
Here is a painting by Goya that nicely represents the novel. The characters in the novel represent hungry locusts in the biblical sense. They swarm, they stare, and they feed off of others, without serving much purpose other than reproducing. They add nothing to society, and instead, seem to actually feed off of the contributions that others make. I thought that this painting was interesting because the figures in it do not seem to be aware that they are grotesques, they are dancing around without a thought in their minds, much like some of the characters described in West's novel.
Francisco Goya "Grotesque Dance"